Folding bed.



A. HABERMAN.

FOLDING BED.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 8, 1911.

1,023,562. Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

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ALTER HABERMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOLDING BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

Application filed December 8, 1911. Serial No. 664,550.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, ALTER HAnnuMan, a citizen of the United States, residing in New York, in the borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Beds. of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved folding bed of that class in which the entire bed is folded up into a box-shaped structure which has the exterior appearance of a safe, a closet, a cabinet, or other desired closed structure; and the invention consists of a folding-bed which comprises a box-shaped structure of suitable material, provided with a door in its front wall, and open at the rear, a stationary head-section in the lower part of the box-shaped struc ture, an intermediate section pivoted to said box-shaped structure, a foot-section slidably connected with the intermediate section, and a top for said box-shaped structure, connected with the foot-section.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved folding bed in closed position, Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 22 Fig. 3 of the bed in open position, on a larger scale, Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line 3-3 Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a erspective View on a smaller scale of the Fed in open position, Fig. 5 is a vertical section on line 5-5 Fig. 1,through the bed in-closed position, and Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section on line 6-6.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

The box-shaped structure is composed of a front-wall 10 and side-walls 11 and 12. In the lower part of the structure is the head-section, comprising a horizontal rest 40, preferably of an le-iron, which is supported by and exten s upon the front and a portion of the side-walls of the structure, as shown in Fig. 3. The box-shaped structure may be of wood or any other suitable material, and the head-section rest 40 is preferably riveted thereto. It serves to brace the lower part of the box-shaped structure, as well as to provide a rest for the bed-slats or mattress to be placed thereon a. length less than the distance from their pivots to the top of the box-shaped structure, so that when the bed is folded the upper ends of said rails come within the structure and thereby permit the top 17 of the structure to fit snugly upon the walls of the same, as shown in Fig. 5. The siderails 15, 16, are supported at their outer ends by legs 18, 19, pivoted thereto, which legs are automatically swung in inward position when the bed is folded, and swung into outward supporting position and retained therein when the bed is opened, by means of braces 20, 21, respectively, which are pivoted at their inner ends to the boxshaped structure.

The foot-section comprises side-rails 22 and 23, and an end-rail 2 1 connecting the same, all preferably made of one piece of angle-iron. At their inner ends the side rails 22 and 23 are provided each with a downwardly-inclined arm, 25, 26, respectively, which arms are connected by a crossbar 27. The cross-bar bears upon two supporting members 28, 29 respectively, one at each side of the bed, hinged at their inner ends to a suitable cross-rail 30 at the lower portion of the box-shaped structure. Adjacent their outer ends said hinged members 28, 29, pass through slots in the vertical flange 32 of a cross-bar 33 which is connected with the rails 15, 16, of the intermediate section and are supported by the same in position below the rails 22, 23 of the foot-section. Said side-rails 15, 16, cross bar 33, and connecting-arms 34, 35, are preferably made integral, of angle-iron bent to proper sha e, and recessed in the transverse flange 0 the arms 34:, 35, so as to permit the side-rails 22 and 23 to closely fit the rails 15, 16, thereby facilitating the guiding of the same upon each other, and also makin the width of the bed approximately uniform. The inner end of the foot-section is thus supported by its crossbar 27 bearing upon the hinged supportingmembers 28, 29, which in turn are supported at their outer part by the cross-bar 33 of the intermediate section, which section is supported at its outer art by the legs 18, 19.

The outer end of the foot-section is supported by legs 36, 37, pivoted to the end-rail 24 so as to swing transversely of the bed, and secured in position by means of braces, 38, 39 respectively, pivoted to the legs and passing through slots in the horizontal flange of the rail, as shown in Fig. 6. At its upper end each brace is provided with a downturned hook, adapted to engage the horizontal flange of the angleiron rail 2-1 by entering a slot in the same as shown in said figure, whereby further outward movement of the leg is prevented. The weight of the foot-section upon the legs when they are swung outwardly beyond the vertical position, as shown in Figs. 4 and (i, retains them in that position, with their hooks in engagement with the end-rail 24.

To the end-rail 24 is secured by any suitable means the wooden or other top 17 of the box-shaped structure, said top being arranged approximately perpendicularly to the foot-section and extending upward from the end-rail 24, and forming the foot-board of the bed.

The box-shaped structure is preferably supported on casters, so that it may be turned readily with its back to the wall of the room in which it stands, thereby disclosing only the ornamental front-wall of the same, and giving the appearance of a cabinet, safe, or other ornamental object, mirror, music box, or the like.

For opening the bed, the box-shaped structure is moved so as to permit the bed to be extended, and the top 17 is then lifted by hand and moved back until the foot-section and intermediate section are in hori' zontal, extended position, as shown in Fig. 4. The legs 37 are swung outwardly by hand until their braces engage with the enclrail 24-, and the bed is then permitted to rest upon the floor in the position shown. The legs of the intermediate section are antomatically placed in supporting position by their braces 20, 21, as before described, and do not require to be moved by hand. The outward extension of the foot-section on the intermediate section is limited by the abut ment of the cross-arm 27 with the cross-bar 33, or with the arms thereof, and the parts are thereby brought to rest in extended position.

When it is desired to close the bed, the foot-section is raised by hand and moved inwardly upon the intermediate section, and the legs of the foot-section are closed into the osition indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 6. he foot-section is not however moved at once into innermost position, but is held slightly extended in order to permit the top 17 to pass the upper rear corners of the sidewalls 11, 12. When the top 17 has passed these corners it is permitted to descend into position upon the top of the box-shaped structure, and all the parts are then in closed position as indicated in Fig. 5.

During the inward and outward movement of the foot-section, the same is guided by its cross'bar 33 on the sup )orting meinbers 28, 2?), and thereby smooth, easy and rapid movement is obtained.

The foot-section may be drawn only partially out of the intermediate section, or may be fully drawn out, according to the use to be made of the bed. The bed may thus be shortened for use by (Jl'llltll'tll. To whatever extent the foot-section is drawn out, the same is supported in such position by the hinged su iporting-members.

Removable shelves 44 are arranged within the box-shaped structure, said shelves being supported on suitable supports 45 on the side-walls, and thereby adapting the structure for the usual uses of a shelved closet or cabinet for supporting music, music rolls, or any other objects.

The bedding removed from the bed may be stored in the box-shaped structure by opening the door 14, removing the shelves in case the same are in the way, and placing the bedding upon bed-slats or a shelf on the head-section 4-0, or upon the shelves in case the same are not removed.

The bed provides a structure of the same general type as that shown in my former Patent, No. 676,384, dated June 11th, 1901, but affords more air to the person occupying the bed, inasmuch as during use the top of the new bed is open. whereas in the construetion shown in my Patent No. 676,384, the top remained closed.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the construction without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

The combination, with a box-shaped structure, provided with a front door, and open at the rear end, of a top for said structure, a stationary head-section in the lower part of the box-shaped structure, an intermediate section pivoted to said box-shaped structure, a foot-section supporting said top and slidably connected with the intermediate section, cross-bars, one on the intermediate section and one on the foot-section, connecting the same together, supportingmembers hinged to the box-shaped structure and extending between said cross-bars, and resting upon the cross-bar of the intermediate section, legs pivoted to the intermediate section, and plvoted braces connecting said legs to the box-shaped striticture.

In testimony, that I claim. the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ALTER HABERMAN.

Witnesses:

JOHN MURTAGH, L. J. MURPHY.

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